And out of the 9th circuit too, the most intensely liberal of all the circuits. But not all hope is lost. The 9th is also the most overturned.

Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:16 pm

leprrkan

Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 5089
Location: In the home stretch...

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"The public does indeed have a very considerable interest in preserving our natural environment and especially relatively scarce whales," Judge Andrew Kleinfeld wrote. "But it also has an interest in national defense. We are currently engaged in war, in two countries."

Am I missing soemthing here? Since when do either of the countries we're at "war" with have a fucking naval force to be concerned with ? ? ? ? ?
But, then again, these are the same folks that ued dolphins in wars to be minesweepers..._________________"Jesus... is NOT a zombie... I shouldn't have to tell you that."

- "Bones"

Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:28 pm

fortune cookie

Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 10534
Location: Easy street

"The district court did not explain why a broad, absolute injunction against
the use of the medium frequency active sonar in these complex training
exercises for two years was necessary to avoid irreparable harm to the environment,"
Kleinfeld wrote.

Sir, it needs to be done, for the same reasons you must at regular intervals;
REMOVE YOUR HEAD, FROM YOUR ASS ,TO TAKE IN AIR!_________________We all enter this world in the same way: naked; screaming; soaked in blood.
But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there." Dana Gould